Squash: Roasted Acorn

This is one of those no-brainer recipes and it features one of my most beloved ingredients, butter.

I’m thrilled to finally share with you two recipes using REAL butter that I’ve had tucked up my sleeves. First up is this luscious roasted acorn squash recipe. It’s incredibly unfussy and get this; this dish only consists of 5 ingredients! Acorn squash, olive oil, salt and pepper {they’re considered one right?}, sage and butter! But the end results will rock your socks… I swear it.

I thought “what is the go-to way to spotlight butter”? Uhhh browned of course! So I browned butter until it turned a deep {not too deep} golden color, then I threw in some fresh sage leaves to get nice and crispy, then I drizzled it all over roasted acorn squash slices. I can think of no better way to celebrate butter. In fact, I’ll have you know this platter was my lunch one day… okay so half the platter… but the rest was my dinner.

First, start by halving two smallish acorn squash.

Then use a spoon and scrape out the centers. The inner child in me LOVES this part.

Next, turn the squash so they are cut-side-down and slice into 3/4 of an inch slices.

Then, drizzle with a little extra light olive oil.

And then season with a little kosher salt…

Next, arrange the squash slices on a couple rimmed, aluminum sheet pans and roast them in a preheated 400 degree oven for 25-30 minutes. There’s no need to flip or any of that business.

Then, with 10 minutes left on the clock, melt 5 tablespoons of REAL butter. Keep an eye on it so it doesn’t burn.

Next, chop up some fresh sage…

The whole browning butter thing takes about 7-8 minutes. So once the butter reaches a deep golden color…

Throw in the chopped sage. It will bubble fiercely but will settle down after a minute.

Arrange the roasted acorn squash on a platter.

Grab a spoonful of that brown butter sage goodness…

And drizzle it all over top.

Season with a few pinches of black pepper annnnnd that’s it!

You can throw some aluminum foil over this to keep it warm or eat straight away!

Enjoy! And if you give this Roasted Acorn Squash recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!